Search results

Shakespeare's Astronomy

Amongst all his astronomical allusions, Shakespeare demonstrates a deep knowledge of the night sky and its movements, including the new Copernican world-view. What can we learn of Elizabethan astronomy and Shakespeare's knowledge of it from the plays?

Bug World: Sex, Violence and a Cast of Billions

Insects are the most abundant and enduring multi-cellular life form ever to have evolved. As model organisms in research, insects have greatly helped our understanding of genetics, physiology and behaviour.

Theatre and Love: Tom Stoppard, 'The Real Thing'

It would be churlish to finish a series of lectures...

A Play Within A Play: Behind the Phrase 'House of Cards'

When referring to the play within the play ‘The Real...

Theatre and Language: Samuel Beckett, 'Waiting for Godot'

Beckett's Waiting for Godot has been interpreted in myriad ways...

Waiting for Godot at Tour De France

Wildlife Gardening

Growing concern for the environment has encouraged us to see...

Theatre and The Family: Anton Chekhov, 'The Cherry Orchard'

Like Plath, trees were of great importance to Chekhov. Some...

Theatre and Individualism: Henrik Ibsen, 'A Doll's House'

A Doll's House is a three-act play by the Norwegian...

Poetry and Co-dependency: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath

Readers and critics have been exploring Plath's work for half...